Adolescents’ exposure to sexually explicit internet material and sexual satisfaction
Human Communication Research: “The aim of this study was to investigate, within a social comparison framework, the causal relationship between adolescents’ use of sexually explicit internet material (SEIM) and their sexual satisfaction. In addition, we tested which adolescents were most susceptible to a potential influence of SEIM on sexual satisfaction.”
Enough is Enough announces launch of Internet Safety 101
Washington Times: “Last week, a comprehensive new set of parental resources designed to keep kids safe in our high-tech world was unveiled by the nonprofit organization Enough Is Enough (EIE). This fabulous package of resources is called Internet Safety 101.”
Mo. AG backs plan to let child porn victims sue
“Child pornography victims could sue anyone convicted of producing, promoting or possessing their sexual images for at least $150,000 in damages . . . “
‘Sexting’ Case to Take Center Stage at 3rd Circuit
“The case is the first in the country to challenge the constitutionality of bringing child pornography charges in the context of sexting.”
Law Review: When Children Become Child Pornographers and the Lolita Effect Undermines the Law
Sex, Cell Phones, Privacy, and the First Amendment: When Children Become Child Pornographers and the Lolita Effect Undermines the Law
Clay Calvert, 18 CommLaw Conspectus 1 (2009)
“It is a sure-fire recipe for legal trouble: combine hormone-raging teens with image-transmitting technologies, and then stir them together in a sex-saturated society replete with outdated laws and a criminal justice system that never could have anticipated such a combustible confluence of forces. Signs and symptoms of this salacious problem are cropping up across the United States.”
MIM paper shows that online exposure to adult pornography adversely affects children’s sexual behavior and attitudes
Morality in Media has published a 10-page paper reporting evidence that exposure to hardcore adult pornography on the Internet can adversely affect children’s sexual behavior and attitudes about sex . . .
Colo. officials unveil Internet safety program
Findlaw (AP): “Colorado Attorney General John Suthers has joined Democratic Rep. Nancy Todd, the Entertainment Software Association and Web Wise Kids to unveil an Internet safety program to help parents keep their children safe online . . . ”
Visit: Web Wise Kids
8th Circuit: Intentional viewing of child porn is knowing possession and images alone may prove it is real child porn
U.S. v. Kain, No. 08-3396, 2009 WL 4909534 (8th Cir. Dec. 22, 2009)
Canadian gov’t to introduce new child porn bill
“The federal government will reportedly introduce a bill this week aimed at stopping these sites that display, trade and sell images of kids being abused. The bill, expected to pass unanimously, will require ISPs to report tips they receive about child porn websites and they’d have to notify authorities if they believe a child porn offence has been committed using their service.”
Cardinal Justin Rigali: The plague of pornography
Catholic Herald Times: “The values that society puts forth and encourages; the removal of morality from schools and public settings; the desire of those who profit from the multi-billion dollar pornography industry to make money; and the collapse of the traditional family with its security and support system all combine to leave children in a very vulnerable state when it comes to pornography. The statistics of the numbers of children and young people who view pornography and the ease with which they do so is truly shocking.”
